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December 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Virginia Mayo / AP, Download Report (PDF), Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s aversion to alliances, foreign policy professionals across the American political spe...

Governments around the world impose increasing restrictions upon their citizens’ daily lives as the number of active infections surges worldwide. How are global publics reacting?

July 18, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Ali Shaker, Download Report (PDF), Although Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner for Republicans, the Chicago Council Survey finds that some key issues are still a challenge for those who supported ...

Dr. Michael Fullilove, executive director of the Lowy Institute in Sydney, joins Deep Dish to delve into the important but often-overlooked relationship between the US and Australia.

March 5, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Joshua Busby , Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , Jonathan Monten , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Brendan Helm, Reuters, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), We examine the attitudes of foreign policy opinion leaders and the public in the T...

Recent polling reveals both good and bad news for the future of US-Russian relations.

The U.S. is among the top donors to a United Nations agency that runs Palestinian refugee camps.